MEP parts with party

There have been more Parliamentary comings and goings, with Dutch MEP James Janssen van Raay leaving the Christian Democrat EPP on less than friendly terms.

European Voice

1/22/97, 5:00 PM CET

Updated 4/12/14, 1:50 AM CET

Van Raay had promised a long time ago to give up his seat halfway into his five-year term, says the EPP faction. Abandoning the party means he is no longer obliged to honour that commitment to go by 1 January. Van Raay has still to announce a new party affiliation.